Recent content by Hallucyn8

First the caveat that I've searched the forum and couldn't find my specific question answered so if I've missed it somewhere I apologise in advance :) A week or so ago the other half commented that the hot water was hotter than usual so knowing that we have a V4073A mid-position valve fitted...

Thought I would report back after following all of your advice. It was all relatively straight forward although I did encounter a few issues. First of all I cleaned out the F&E tank, I bailed the water out into a bucket and it was very sludgy, an orangey brown colour, but managed to get most of...

Thanks for all the advice guys all very helpful. Will be putting it into practice asap

Thanks for the advice and the diagram. I've never drained a system before but it doesn't seem like it would be too much hassle so will look to give it a go. With regards to draining the system am I right in thinking I would want to drain from the drain cock that is just above the boiler and also...

Good question, it's not something that I've ever had done and I bought the house about 10 years ago. Is that something I could do myself or am I better off getting a professional in?

Hi Looking for a bit of advice, I've had a look through the FAQs and other posts and haven't managed to find my specific situation but apologies if this has been covered elsewhere. For a little while now one of the overflow pipes coming from out of my loft has been dripping intermittently. It...

If you mean why haven't I got him to do the work, he was from nPower and told me off the record how much the labour charges would be which would be more than the whole quote I currently have! I don't think he did a test like that but at least Ideal have confirmed that there is a seal or...

I spoke to Ideal today who confirmed that the case should have a seal on all 4 edges so I'm in the process of getting some quotes. Only had one so far, was just wondering if anyone knew what a "fair" price would be?

Thanks for the quick response. I would have thought that the engineer would have noticed this at the time, and I didn't look at the boiler itself while he had the case off. I suppose in theory I could remove the case to check this myself but am I right in thinking I shouldn't do this because...

I had my boiler, Ideal Classic RS 240, serviced and the engineer that serviced it advised to have it switched off as he didn't think it was properly room sealed. He tried to ring Ideal to confirm this but as it was a Saturday afternoon there was no one there. He has said to get someone out to...